Awards from the Ann Arbor Show

[big923cattleya]

On November 16th, at the Ann Arbor Show, my AOS team awarded two Cattleyas. The first one is Rlc. Village Chief Cunning. According to records, it can be a very variable cross.
But this image shows you a very nice paler peachy yellow bloom.

This flower measured 14 x 15cm. and was one of those that caught my attention from across the exhibit floor. The flower form is really nice, flat and full. The flower color has a wonderful contrast between the sepals and petals and the lip.
The underlying color was the same as the rest of the flower but that rich, golden yellow center with that deeper pink area out towards the margins provided a gorgeous color combination. It was granted an AM of 81 points.

 

[big923cattleya]

This was such a nice little plant. It is C. Yellow Warbler. It is C. Fresh Song x Sophronitis cernua, now Cattleya cernua.
It had four flowers on each of two inflorescences, tangerine colored flower with a cute, bicolored lip. Lip was yellow basally with it becoming richer tangerine orange on the apical half.
The column was ivory with an amethyst
tip, just like the one parent. The growth habit was just like a very robust cernua. This plant was granted an 82 point AM. The largest measured 4.7 x 4.4 cm.

 

[monocotman]

Both are lovely!

 

[big923cattleya]

Coincidentally, both were in the same society exhibit and belonged to the same person. These were their first awards ever.

 

[hkunberger]

They are all lovely! I really love that bright pop of orange.

 

[Califoutdoors]

That Rlc is magnificent. Incredible form and those colors…!

 

[Ozpaph]

Is 'Cunning' the varietal name?

 

[big923cattleya]

No! That is the grex name. Rather long.
Those two winners were given the same clonal name by their owner. I know that because I signed the forms as team captain but what it was, I forget.
Between running the team, checking on descriptions and filling out 2 student evaluations, my brain was on overload.
As a topper we then went on the floor to consider two entries ‘in situ’.